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After I had my schedule approved by my adviser yesterday, I was told to register online this morning at 8:30 a.m. Well, I tried, but it was not very successful.
The first class I tried for only had two spots left, in a class of 15. Once I clicked it, it said I did not have a prerequisite that I needed to take the class. In the coursebook, it doesn't list any prerequisite, and my adviser didn't say anything about it yesterday. Once trying again, the class was full, which kind of wrecks my whole schedule. Then, for other classes, they required adviser approval, and contained other error comments. With frustration, I went to the registrar's office, where they proceeded to not knowing how to fix my problems. After an upset discussion, the only problem I had left was not being able to get into my class that was full.
After a day full of calls and e-mails, my schedule is finally the way I want it.
Nevertheless, the online registration is a good idea on paper, but essentially useless. I still had to go the registrar, and my problems aren't solved yet. I think it has a lot of flukes to work out and we will still just register in person, the way we do now.
This week begins registration for the fall 2008 semester at Point Park. This is a picture of people waiting to register last semester.
When making my schedule last week, I realized a lot of the optional journalism classes that I wanted to take were not even available. Courses like magazine article writing, computer-assisted reporting, or even web publishing and editing, or print graphics. I think these courses, for me, anyway, are the most important, because they aren't the generic journalism classes, but things I am interested in and may want to pursue later.
Though it is only my second year here, I am a junior because of the amount of credits I have, and have to register according to my class. So the earliest I can register is Wednesday. I first need an appointment with my adviser, Helen Fallon, for her to approve my courses and then I go to the Registrar to officially register. My adviser though, had no time open Wednesday morning, so I signed up to meet with her Tuesday afternoon, so I could still register Wednesday morning, as to get into all the classes I want, even though Tuesday is supposed to be for seniors.
This semester was supposed to begin a trial online registration. I was chosen, and I got e-mails about it, but they said that more information would come from my adviser or department. I register in two days, and I haven't received any more information.
